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FUNDRAISER SUCCESS, NEWBLISS BOY UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR AUTISM ABROAD
By Veronica Corr Back in June 2023, The Northern Standard ran a front-page story about a Latvian family who made Monaghan their home almost 25 years ago. This week, we caught up with Anastasija...
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GARDA RENEW INFORMATION APPEAL ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF KELLY LYNCH DEATH IN...
A renewed appeal for information was made by Gardaí this week in relation to the death in Monaghan Town on the St Patrick’s holiday weekend last year of 23-year-old Kelly Lynch. The body of the Co...
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END OF AN ERA FOR TOWN OF MONAGHAN CO-OP
Town of Monaghan Co-Op, which employed generations of local people. It was part of the fabric of the local economy for over a century. As we went to press yesterday, Wednesday, on foot of a request...
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HEATHER HUMPHREYS: THIS IS YOUR LIFE!
By Veronica Corr Heather Humphreys must have felt like she was on an episode of ‘This is Your Life’, on Thursday night last, in the Errigal Country House Hotel, Cootehill, where the host with the most...
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MONAGHAN TOWN RUNNERS VISIT CROCUS CENTRE
On Tuesday evening, members of the Monaghan Town Runners paid a visit to the Crocus Centre in Monaghan Town. The visit followed the successful 10th edition of the Monaghan Town Runners Crocus 5k, held...
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GARDAÍ WILL “VIGOROUSLY AND FULLY PURSUE” ANY NEW EVIDENCE ON MONAGHAN AND...
The investigation into the 1974 bombings in Monaghan Town and Dublin remained open in the Republic of Ireland and the Gardaí would “vigorously and fully pursue” any new evidence that might emerge from...
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COME AND SEE … THE BIRD IN THE TREE
By Veronica Corr For one weekend only, Gwen Corrigan from Truagh will reprise her fundraising party piece from almost 30 years ago – she will spend the weekend in a tree! The last time Gwen spent the...
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MINISTER CALLEARY LAUNCHES PEACEPLUS ACTION PLAN FOR MONAGHAN
• Minister for Rural and Community Development Dara Calleary TD is pictured at the Monaghan Peace Campus yesterday, Wednesday performing the official launch of the Action Plan prepared for Co Monaghan...
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2,000 INELIGIBLE VOTERS REMOVED FROM COUNTY MONAGHAN ELECTORAL REGISTER
PETER HUGHES Monaghan Co Council had removed almost 2,000 names of people deemed ineligible to vote from the county’s electoral register since October of last year. It was stated in the management...
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OUTDOOR RECREATION BECOMES MAJOR DRIVER OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN CO MONAGHAN
PETER HUGHES The launch of a new strategy by Monaghan Co Council, and the official opening by Minister for Rural and Community Development Dara Calleary TD of three major improvement projects at...
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CARRICK’S CHARLOTTE ‘ACES’ HER 100TH MARATHON
By Veronica Corr Charlotte McEneaney, a member of Carrick Aces Athletics Club in Carrickmacross, is a force of nature, who ran her 99th marathon on Saturday and her 100th on Sunday. She is a working...
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DRINK DRIVING BAN FOR MONAGHAN CO COUNCILLOR
Fianna Fáil member of Monaghan Co Council Seamus Coyle has been disqualified from holding a driving licence for a period of three years following a conviction for a drink driving offence at Cavan...
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MONAGHAN CATHOLIC FAITHFUL IN MOURNING AFTER DEATH OF POPE FRANCIS
A Mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis will take place in St Macartan’s Cathedral in Monaghan tomorrow, Friday evening April 25 at 7.30 pm. Co Monaghan Catholics have united with the...
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CORCAGHAN NATIVE WINS GOLD IN WOMEN CHANGING THE WORLD AWARDS
Breda McCague, a Corcaghan woman and CEO of AIMING4AWESOME Ltd, based in Carrickmacross, who offers motivational speaker services and is a leadership specialist, won the Corporate and Public Sector...
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CASTLEBLAYNEY WOMAN APPOINTED TO TOP RTÉ POSITION
Castleblayney woman Tara Campbell has been appointed the Head of RTÉ Radio 1. RTÉ announced this week that Ms Campbell, who has been a producer on some of the broadcaster’s leading radio programmes,...
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GOVERNMENT COMMITMENT SOUGHT ON PROVISION OF PERMANENT SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR...
Cavan Monaghan Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy has told the Dáil that work must begin immediately on delivering a permanent special school in Co Monaghan – and assurances must be given that every child that...
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BRAVE MONAGHAN PUSH DONEGAL ALL THE WAY
Colm Shalvey Monaghan manager Gabriel Bannigan struggled to conceal his frustration at the conclusion to Sunday’s Ulster SFC loss to Donegal “Ryan O’Toole was ready to take the line ball, and the...
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E-SCOOTERS A MENACE IN MONAGHAN TOWN – COUNCILLOR CLERKIN DEMANDS ACTION...
A call was made at Tuesday’s meeting of the Monaghan Municipal District for tighter policing and stricter regulation of the use of e-scooters and e-bikes in Monaghan Town after an elderly lady was the...
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MAN WIELDING A KNIFE IN CARRICK REMANDED IN CUSTODY
An EU national from Romania in his late twenties, appeared before Monday’s sitting of Monaghan District Court charged with offences under the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act, 1990, relating to...
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CLONES CONFIRMED AS ULSTER FINAL VENUE
The Ulster Council of the GAA has confirmed that the Ulster Senior Football Final between Donegal and Armagh will be played at St Tiernach’s Park in Clones on Saturday May 10. The game will have a...
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